Bettison, Duckenfield and all the former police officers who would have gross misconduct cases to answer over Hillsborough disaster

Former South Yorkshire Police Chief Inspector and former Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, Sir Norman Bettison

A major new report revealing the appalling extent of police failures that led to the 1989 Hillsborough disaster and officers' actions in a subsequent cover-up that tried to blame Liverpool fans found a number of senior officers would be facing gross misconduct cases if they were still serving today.

They include former Merseyside Police chief constable Norman Bettison, match commander and South Yorkshire Police chief superintendent David Duckenfield and Peter Wright who was chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police at the time of the disaster.

Released today the report brings together years of evidence collected by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) and Operat